Why Mel Gibson's "Passion" scares me.

I'm taking tomorrow off to ski with the appellate gang from work (the "appies," as I've labeled us). It's been a long week, and I'm looking forward to the play day.

I leave you for the weekend with David Denby's powerful and thorough review of "The Passion of the Christ" (aptly dubbed "The Jesus Chainsaw Massacre" by at least one commentator). Denby does a masterful job of capturing all that disturbs and frightens me about Mad Mel's latest oeuvre.